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 |  | USS Sachem - Abandoned Military Vessel from 1902
< on 1/31/2014 5:30 AM >
|  | | | It's been over a century since the ship seen here was originally launched in 1902. It's a vessel that has been known by many names. The most recent one however, can still be found in the faded paint on its hull: Circle Line V. On April 12, 1902, the ship was launched as the Celt. Commissioned as a luxury yacht by a railroad executive, she was 186 feet long and steam powered.
In July of 1917, the Navy acquired the Sachem and dubbed it the USS Sachem. The ship was outfitted with depth charges to sink submerged U-Boats and machine guns to counteract torpedoes. New and creative ways to defend against them needed to be developed, so they turned to Thomas Edison. He seemed to be the perfect guy to come up with a creative way to destroy submarines, but in order to do that he needed a ship. So the Navy gave him the USS Sachem. Edison's relationship with the navy was tumultuous. In a 1923 article, he told a newspaper reporter that the Navy "pigeon-holed" every invention he offered. With the war ending in November 1918, so did Edison's funding. He returned to his other business ventures and the Navy returned the Sachem to the owner they had been renting it from.
When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor the need for ships of this nature was high on the priority list. The Navy rented the Sachem a second time, re-outfitted it with armaments and christened it the USS Phenakite in July 1942.
Right before the war's end in the summer of 1945, several tourism cruise lines merged to form Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises in New York City. Anxious to add more boats to the new company, the Sachem was purchased from Captain Martin and became the flagship of the new Circle Line fleet. The Sachem was renamed Sightseer.
In 1986 Robert Miller, a Cincinnati resident, was looking to buy an old steam yacht and had come across the Circle Line V sitting idle in New York's Hudson River. The vessel's owner at the time sold it to Miller for $7,500. Miller and a small crew navigated the ship from New York City, through the Great Lakes, down the Mississippi River and onto the Ohio River. About 20 miles west of Cincinnati, he turned the boat down a creek into a small tributary of the Ohio on his property. The vessel has sat in that spot ever since.
This is how she looks as of this winder at the VCX meet:
Thanks to Budda for being my wonderful informant and thank YOU for looking!!
-S4H
History compiled by our friends at Queen City Discovery
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| | Re: USS Sachem - Abandoned Military Vessel from 1902
<Reply # 1 on 1/31/2014 12:59 PM >
| | | | Shame I missed seeing here...there's always enroute to MAMU.
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<Reply # 2 on 1/31/2014 4:14 PM >
| | | | I thought this was my thread at first. I was quite confused. Haha.
Great shots, brother!
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| | | Re: USS Sachem - Abandoned Military Vessel from 1902
<Reply # 3 on 1/31/2014 5:59 PM >
| | | | Great write-up and photos. What history with this ship!
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| |  | Re: USS Sachem - Abandoned Military Vessel from 1902
<Reply # 4 on 2/1/2014 1:30 AM >
| | | | That ship has an excellent story. Too bad it met such a fate just rotting away in some backwoods.
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<Reply # 5 on 2/1/2014 1:34 AM >
| | | | How the mighty have fallen. Great thread.
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| | | Re: USS Sachem - Abandoned Military Vessel from 1902
<Reply # 6 on 2/1/2014 7:20 PM >
| | | | Super cool! 
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| | | Re: USS Sachem - Abandoned Military Vessel from 1902
<Reply # 7 on 2/5/2014 6:40 PM >
| | | | Very awesome! Not everyday you get to explore an abandoned boat. Really enjoyed reading the history to the vessel and seeing the old photos as well. I love hearing the stories behind the more obscure and unknown military vessels. The big guns and plane haulers get all the attention nowadays.
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